Dhaka OIC Youth Capital 2020-21 Bangabandhu Youth Art Competition

A- Eligibility Criteria for Participation

1. Participants must be from 18 to 35 years old for both genders.
2. Participation is allowed to young people of OİC Member States or youth representatives of non-OİC Member States.
3. Participants who are interested in Art and Culture

Application Conditions

1. Participating artists are requested to register and upload their artwork at the website
2. Artists will be notified for participating in the virtual exhibition.
3. The selection result will be also posted on the website.
4. Applicants are required to attach necessary documents along with the registration form.
5. Completion of the participation application form means the participants’ acceptance of all of the contest regulations.
6. Submitted works to the contest are not allowed to be retrieved.
7. The works are not allowed to be changed, modified or re-sent again.
8. Works that have won in any other national or international competitions would be disqualified.
9. The applicants for contest participation should fill out a registration form. The completion of the form means that the participant is the owner of the work. If the case where there should be any legal claim against it, he/she will bear full legal responsibility. Organizing committee carries no responsibility for the rights regarding the ownership of works.
10. The Organizing Committee shall have the right to publish the participating works in the competition through the publications of the event and during the all media coverage related to the competition, and to introduce the participating artists.
11. Each participant can submit their artworks for selection process in maximum three categories and only one artwork for each category.
12. The submitted works are subject to arbitration by a specialized jury.
13. Decisions of works selection and arbitration committees are final and may not be objected or challenged.
14. The participation form shall be sent before the specified deadline for the registration for the event.
15. Works must be submitted with a brief description/background in Bengali (for national participants) or in English (for international participants).

Limitation of liability

The organizing committee assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delay in operation or transmission; communications line failure; theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to the contest entries or entry forms; or alteration of entries or entry forms.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKS

1. The sent work file shall bear the person’s first and last name (in English)
2. The competition is solely dedicated for professional artistic works that embody the theme “Parity and Prosperity” and that do not deviate from it or call for a particular political tendency.
3. The participating works must be original, not copied from any other original works, and recent. They should not be published before, nor submitted to any other competition, except for digital works only, whose copies are accepted to be printed on papers suitable for artistic presentation only.
4. Images of the artworks should be submitted in JPEG format in 300 DPI resolution and RGB colour mode. Each file size of the attached Image should not be more than 20 MB.
5. The artist is free to choose the colors, materials and techniques while adhering to the theme of the competition.

FORMAT

A jury who will select winners will judge the entries submitted by the applicants. The jury’s decisions are final and binding in all respects and not subject to appeal. Submitted entries will be evaluated according to the following criteria.

• Message
• Originality and creativity of expression
• Quality of execution

Bangabandhu Youth Art Competition 2021 REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

• A CV with including information of the participant
• Scanned copy of passport/National ID, educational, professional certificate (optional). Participants must submit the relevant documents in not be more than 2 MB.

TIMELINE

• Registration and submission of the artwork images and documents: 01-31 March 2021
• Artwork & Regional Award Selection: 01 – 07 April 2021
• Announcement of Selected Artist: 08 – 10 April 2021
• Grand Award Selection: 11 – 13 April 2021
• Exhibition: 15 – 30 April 2021

 AWARDS:

• Regional Category Champions: